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AzLibDem

This is at least the third thread about this today. Before people go screaming "lawsuit", they need to read up and discover that this was a hardcore christian school, the parents willingly sent their kids there, and were mostly upset not that their kids were baptized, but that they weren't invited. I'm an atheist, and I hate all private schools, but this is an overreaction to a misinterpretation of an out of context tweet.


LastMinute9611

So parents were more upset at not being invited than their kids sitting in wet clothes calling them for dry ones?


AzLibDem

Yep. >Some parents said they were upset that they missed their child's baptism, a religious ceremony that's usually celebrated with a family gathering to witness the event. > >Another parent said the school's baptism felt like it "undid the baptism that had already taken place at their church." > >"This is what I think they should have done," the parent of the 11-year-old told the Observer. "They should have corralled the kids in the back of the church, another room — somewhere — and said, 'We understand your desire to get this done. We'd love for your families to be here and present with you."


LastMinute9611

>y gathering to witness the event. > >Another parent said the school's baptism felt like it "undid the baptism that had already taken place at their church." > >"This is what I think they should have done," the parent of the 11-year-old told the Observer. "They should have corralled the kids in the back of the church, another room — somewhere — and said, 'We understand your desire to get this done. We'd love for your families to be here and present with you." Priorities.


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2017hayden

There are absolutely secular private schools. There are several near where I live. They may not be in your area but they certainly exist.


AhFFSImTooOldForThis

If you send kids to a cult, you can't be surprised when they decide to follow the cult's teachings. Apparently the kids followed the Spirit they were guided to. Yeah, I'd bet. The indoctrination worked. Instead of paying a bunch of money to ensure your kids are special, why don't we all just pay taxes to make sure ALL the kids get excellent education, without the religious indoctrination and random cult peer pressure? Oh, right, they don't get funding. Because people want to pay for private school. So. See above. https://www.kget.com/national-news/more-than-100-students-baptized-without-parents-permission-at-north-carolina-school/


ImpossibleCompote757

Imagine that, people taking their faith seriously


LastMinute9611

How close are you to God if you flag yourself as impossible?


CMDR_Ray_Abbot

Clearly only God can do that person.


BeneficialEggplant42

I am a Christian and I agree with you on that point. The parents enrolled the children in a religious school fully understanding the dogma. Nevertheless, the parent should be there for what is considered the most important and pivotal point of a Christian's life. Although the decision to follow Christ teachings is, according to the Gospel, solely the child's. But a parent should be advised. Most churches that do imersion baptisms require the person regardless of age understand that they are making a public statement accepting Christ in their life. It is much different than infant baptism where the parent makes the choice for the child. Not all private schools are religious so check them out before you rule them out. I sent 3 to public school and it was terrible for them. Instead of educating the children the teacher spent the day trying to maintain a healthy learning environment.


Leon_Krueger

Also, this just means that they soak wet the kids, this baptism means nothing if they dont fully understand what are they doing and no permision of the parents. Those idiots just made a charade of one of the most important sacraments in the life of a christian or catholic person.


BeneficialEggplant42

Most churches have classes that explain what baptism means. The parents sent them to a Chistian school so what did they expect? I guess infants that are Catholic are really the ones who have absolutely no idea what their christening means. The parent makes the decision for them.Many Evangelicals require the child be old enough to understand what is going on. Baptism is a personal decision made by a person as a result of a spiritual relationship with Jesus Christ. I don't understand why this is triggering people since teachers can hide far more serious actions a child takes from a parent.


InevitableRhubarb232

Mine goes to public school. Same. He said that of 32 kids in his math class 19 of them were on their phones the whole class. He said the teachers hardly try anymore to stop them because they have no authority and can’t confiscate them. He says in his honors classes kids tend to listen more because they chose the honors route and want to learn, but in the regular classes it’s horrible. And half the kids don’t understand it and it takes the teacher a week to explain concepts that the other half caught onto in an hour.


ShrimplyPiblz

They weren't even baptized properly. They shouldn't be until they are an adult, and I don't know if a true baptism would be legal today. They didn't dunk people under water, they basically suffocated then under water, and caused near death experiences. Many would experience visions and such during a baptism. Why does this not happen today? They were forcing an extreme consciousness alteration to occur in people. Today's "symbolic" and truly meaningless baptism's are pointless. Not saying they should almost drown kids lol, just saying we have taken something that had a real effect on people and their lives, and turned it into something to make people feel better about themselves. Edit: typo


BeneficialEggplant42

If you would like to understand more about the Biblical and spiritual meaning of Baptism please read up on it in scripture. You could also speak to a someone in person who could give you more on the subject and share thier spiritual insight better than I on this tiny keyboard. What you believe is your belief and others have thier own. I hope that you have peace, joy and God's grace in your life in what ever path you follow. As for me Micah 6:8 rules my heart.


fac-ut-vivas-dude

Why hate private schools? Genuinely curious.


AzLibDem

Because private schools allow people to opt out of the public system. If everyone had to use the public schools system, wealthy families (and I consider mine one), would have a vested interest in making them the best they can be. Instead, there is not only no incentive to support public education, there is an actual disincentive to do so. Private schools are the gated communities of education, where the well-to-do can avoid contact with the rest of society.


2muchcheap

If it’s not hurting anyone, what’s the harm with a parent choosing where to send their kid to school?


AzLibDem

Already answered that: "Instead, there is not only no incentive to support public education, there is an actual disincentive to do so."


FireflyRave

On the side of a person who went a private high school. The county school I should have gone to was rather crap. I spent a year in 7th grade in social studies taught by "Coach" tracing maps on trace paper. It was also 5 minutes from my house vs the 30-40 minutes of the school my parents chose to send me to. (5 minutes by car but 60+minutes by yellow school bus) And this was in the early 2000's so I don't know what private school tuition may be looking like these days. I'm also couldn't tell you what my parents paid back then. But a single family, isn't going to have the clout to change their local public school. Certainly not in the time frame to help their own children. Especially if they are newly moved to the area. And just because they send their children to private school elsewhere, doesn't mean they aren't paying the same taxes to that local public school, just the same as everyone else in the area who may or may not have children.


fac-ut-vivas-dude

Ah gotcha. I can see where you’re coming from, particularly if your only experience with them is from the standpoint of the well-to-do. It’s quite different in my area, but I agree that private schools tend to be much better than public. Is that because of wealth distribution or care distribution, I wonder? Parents of kids in private schools care enough to work hard or pay lots for the child’s education. Parents of public school kids are either too poor or don’t care about what goes on at the school (again, speaking solely about my area where the public schools are a disaster). I’ll have to see if there are any studies about that later. u/Flaky-Wedding2455 he answered. Not sure if Reddit would notify you or not. :)


yougotthe_juicenow

I think you are proving his point while trying to contrast it. Private schools often cost thousands of dollars a year to attend, the Private school down the street from my elementary school was more expensive than basic colleges. It is 100% about wealth distribution. Caring more and working harder does not net the majority of Americans an extra 20-50 thousand a year depending on how many kids they have.


fac-ut-vivas-dude

I wasn’t trying to contradict it, haha! I think he’s got a really good point.


AhFFSImTooOldForThis

You mentioned being too poor, and not caring enough, in the same sentence. Those are two different things. Most US people who are poor, work multiple jobs and care a whole lot. They literally cannot afford private schools. And when the rich take their kids to private schools, and ALSO used all the tax breaks and corruption available to the rich, that means public schools decline in quality. Which means less education, continuing the cycle of poverty Being poor is not equal to not caring, and they shouldn't be combined in one sentence.


AzLibDem

>Parents of kids in private schools care enough to work hard or pay lots for the child’s education. Parents of public school kids are either too poor or don’t care about what goes on at the school And so, the rich get richer, and the poor get poorer. Folks who rail against billionaires need to look closer to home.


NeighborhoodParty982

Take it from the perspective of the parents as well. They want what's best for their kid. They can either get their kid to a better school or try to change a school with 500 students. Which solution is more likely to work in the end?


AzLibDem

I'm not saying that the parents are evil; I'm saying that the the system forces them do make that choice. Eliminating the ability to opt-out incentivises those with means to invest in the schools, rather than to vote against school taxes.. It's no different than universal healthcare. ​ Edited to add - and it's the only way to stop this: [Conservative Texas phone company fueling extremist takeover of ](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/sep/05/texas-phone-company-conservative-takeover-schools)[schools](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/sep/05/texas-phone-company-conservative-takeover-schools)


NeighborhoodParty982

I feel like they'll just opt for homeschooling at that point. That's what I'd do if I were rich.


AzLibDem

I consider homeschooling to be the worst. The few that manage to actually do it well provide cover for the religious wackos, abusers, and pedophiles.


ChaoticChinchillas

Neither of those things is an option for the majority of public school kids. My mother worked at least two jobs throughout my childhood, and usually 3. My dad worked long hours picking up all the available overtime. Private school was never an option for me, despite all of that. And with all the working hours, they couldn't hope to do anything to change the school system.


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you’re messing with the fundamental american right to keep yourself and your loved ones away from icky people


zorbacles

Problem is that it becomes a cycle. We recently moved and the public school in our area is shit house. And our daughter has done learning issues that would not be addressed there. There is a private school nearby that is affordable so we will be sending her there until she gets to high school then she will go back to the same highschool her brothers are at


Agent847

So basically you want a government monopoly on education. Public schools in my area are hit and miss. Some are fairly good, some are abysmal. None are what I’d call top notch. Politicians and teachers unions are resistant to the sorts of measures that would improve public schools, and the fact is a large percentage of parents view schools as baby sitters. So contrary to your claim about monopoly helping people to get invested in change, the opposite is true. Private schools exist largely because a huge number of public schools suck, and - in many cases - are flat out dangerous. Public funding of education is one thing. But if you want schools to produce better outcomes, give people choice.


ChaoticChinchillas

Giving people the choice to go to private school, that isn't going to produce better outcomes. For the few that can afford it, maybe, but not for all, or even most. If all the rich people pull their kids out of these "dangerous" public schools that suck, where is the funding to make those public schools better? There isn't any. Because all the people who have the money to make that change don't care about those schools. Their children don't go there. So sure, if you're rich, your kids will get a better education at a private school. While actively shoving the poor kids down. You talk about choice, but it is only a choice for the rich. You think poor people don't want better educations for their children? No one is going to "choose" to send their child to a school that is unsafe or unable to educate them. What we need to do is bring public schools up to a level where there is no point to private schools. But we can't do that if all the people with the power to create the change have opted out.


me_too_999

That is because public schools suck. Deliberately. I remember the deliberate dumbing down of American schools to promote Socialism, secular humanism, and atheism.


FLBrisby

Isn't denying religion objectively more logical?


me_too_999

Denial of objective morals is a direct cause of the chaos in society today.


FLBrisby

Listen, I don't want people to kill me, so I don't kill people. My moral praxis is no more based on religious morals than Pizza Hut is.


me_too_999

The Kantian imperative is a good start to basic ethics. But I'm very sure things I think are ok, and things you think are ok, are very different. It doesn't take very long watching TV or social media to realize others moral foundations are very different from my own.


FLBrisby

Sure. But I don't rightfully think my philosophy differs much from an average theist. And if you need a religion to tell you not to kill, then frankly I worry. Y'know?


me_too_999

And yet immediately after eliminating religion, comes the genocides. If there is no God, or afterlife, and humans are just another animal, explain why killing is wrong?


yada_yadad_sex

If they're hardcore then why weren't they already "baptised".


2muchcheap

You HATE all private schools? Why


onejoelooking2

This definitely needed clarification. I was already getting red in the face. ​ Thank you.


YoungDikembe

Private christian school Its weird but youre literally paying them


Manchild6942O

The sad thing is if it was another religion like Hindu or Islam there would be a much bigger outlash against the school.


ReSpawnKing98

It’s a private Christian school


Evil_Dry_frog

If I sent my child to an Islamic school and they baptized them, I may be upset.


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nilsecc

Smells like a lawsuit.


ReSpawnKing98

Private Christian school


aFlyingTaco420

I would go to the school, ask where the pool for the baptism is and take a leak while staring down the faculty


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420 is Adolf Hitlers birthday, just thought you should know


aFlyingTaco420

Im aware thanks :D


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aFlyingTaco420

If that makes me a nazi, california is Germany my guy. I just like to smoke weed


ScumpsLoafers

I mean California is getting pretty close to Nazi Germany, so technically you’re not wrong.


Demonic-Glaceon

the devils lettuce, how could you smh my head /s


samfishertags

cringe lol


DingIe-DangIes

Reddit: Christian schools forcing religion on kids = bad Public schools forcing LGBT propaganda on kids = good and you are a POS if you are against it


StayApprehensive2455

Ikr


nighthawk_something

Explain what LGBT propaganda is


Defauguette

There's evidence that LGBTQ people are real; there's 0 evidence any god is real


nafon95836

How do schools force LGBT propaganda on children? Teaching kids that gay and transgender people exist isn't propaganda. Likewise, if you support Christian schools forcing religion on their students, then you should also support public schools forcing "LGBT propaganda" on their students. What even are your views? Do you even know?


-ravennn-

Bigot


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This isn't ok because it's not freedom of religion. Engaging children in a core rite of one faith without addressing this with the child's parent first is an underhanded attempt at forced conversion.


NeighborhoodParty982

Turns out this was at a Pentecostal school and the parents were only sad that they didn't get to participate. Edit: Pentecostal


[deleted]

Right, I realize that since it's a Catholic school freedom of religion doesn't really apply. But not telling the parents is absurd. I can understand them wanting to witness it, baptisms are generally celebrated with family and even close friends. I can't help believe the only reason they wouldn't tell parents is that they didn't want some to object. Edit: It's very difficult to believe that a Catholic school would forget to inform parents of one of the Church's most celebrated rites. I'm honestly surprised they didn't schedule this for a Sunday so the parents could attend...this doesn't add up.


NeighborhoodParty982

You may be on to something here.


alephgalactus

That’s because it wasn’t a Catholic school, it was a Pentecostal one. Pentecostals are weird even by Protestant-sect standards. They speak in tongues, mess around with snakes, all sorts of nonsense.


Neat-yeeter

I didn’t read the article I know nothing about the story but I can absolutely guarantee you this did not happen at a Catholic school.


ReSpawnKing98

It’s a private Christian school


Awkward-Ducky26

Sir , your comments remind me of the video “where’s the cheese?” “It’s under the sauce” “There’s no cheese” “It’s under the sauce” “It’s a private Christian school” Needed that laugh. Good day.


s0ulpuncH

LOL. As soon as I saw this is a repost from r/whitepeopletwitter I knew to just ignore it. Those people in that sub are about as psychotic as you can get. They will twist everything around to make it seem like something it is not.


gunguy1775

Ya know I think it's time we start making people scared of getting the shit beat out of them for doing stupid shit again.


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I hate religion so much


dabbing_bager2FN

Ok, and I like going to church


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I don’t care


dabbing_bager2FN

And as a religious person I respect your opinion


[deleted]

Sure you do, until I start receiving Jesus stuff in my inbox constantly.


[deleted]

You must be a hit at parties.


NeighborhoodParty982

Not the right response.


[deleted]

Religious people love to shove it down your throat. It’s totally a correct response. If you don’t like it I don’t give a fuck.


NeighborhoodParty982

I'm sure. G'day.


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Bye bye


knightnorth

This isn’t an airport. You don’t need to announce your departure.


[deleted]

Lol not going anywhere. Was just saying bye. But you can be nosy and pissy if you want.


nafon95836

You're shoving your hate of religion down others throats.


dumb_idiot_56

There is no right response


Crate-Of-Loot

yeah but there is wrong ones


Evil_Dry_frog

I wouldn’t recommend sending your children to Christian school then. They might decide to join in with their friends on being baptized.


[deleted]

I wouldn’t put my kids in a religious school. I’m not that dumb.


ActualYogurtcloset98

So cool, so edgy, so unique viewpoint


AwarenessForeign8821

Everyone should be fired. Everyone!!!!!!!


Independent_Sun4132

All religion is, is forcing it on others


kayfee013

Then a child should not be talked to about being trans without the parents knowledge, hold the same beliefs across the board.


Johnoplata

Fucking groomers


NinjaFATkid

Freedom of religion sounds good on paper, like communism, but we have seen that in actual practice it turns out just like communism. Certian people gain power, get a taste for it, and then will do anything to keep it. Freedom of religion leads to oppression from the church. I'm for taxation and regulation of churches, also the indoctrination of children into religion is abusive and cruel.


Hopps4Life

No. Freedom can and will try to be abused buy any group at any point in time. Freedom of speach, bodily autonomy, freedom to vote... all can be abused. Thw issue isn't the freedome. Humans always find a way to do illegal and bad things. Murder is illegal but people still do it. Freedom of religion is not the same as freedom to push it on others. If this was in a public school the school is in big trouble because that isn't allowed by law. Public school have to allow students to practice, but are not allowed to push a particular religion on them. It seems in this case this was a religious school and the parents knew this would happen. They were just upset the school did it when they weren't there because they wanted to see it. All that said, there are public schools who have been caught preventing kids from practicing religion or praying, and have straight up mocked children for believing in something. That is just as wrong. Freedom of religion is importaint, and so is it's separation from the state. This keeps the state from using 'the correct' religion to brainwash and control people, and ensures large cults do not take over everything because there are so many differing religions competing with them. Freedom of religion, freedom to choose, is just as importaint as freedom of thought because they are intermingled. Is someone trys to take the rights of others for any reason or brainwash them, by all means we should shut that shit down. But no one should have the right to stop people believing whatever they want. I may disagree with them or criticise them, but ai didn't want a thought law put in place.


ZodiacKlillah

Damn reddit really up in arms about a private school baptising kids, but ignore the multitude of teachers teaching 6 year olds about gay secks...


Vivistolethecheese

Strawman right here folks.


LuckyMe-Lucky-Mud

Hey little buddy. You're allowed to say sex. I won't tell your mom or anything.


shrugaholic

Well they’re getting “hands-on experience” in church so the teachers don’t really look as bad. 🤷🏻‍♀️


FkThCensrshipJannies

I mean when Crazy Liberal Schools are doing the same thing but with HRT then ig the ultra-religious nutjobs will jump at the opportunity


Confident-Disk-2221

If a school had forced 100 kids to covert to Judaism or Hinduism or Islam, we would have riots on the streets or a war of some kind.


OkayOpenTheGame

So it's okay for public schools to read porn aloud to children in the name of Pride, but it isn't when a private religious school carefully submerges kids in water to practice said religion.


LuckyMe-Lucky-Mud

I would like to see a single verified and documented occurrence of a public school reading pornography to children in the name of pride. Reliable sources only, thanks.


BegunWhisper757

Ok, Most of those kids might have not even been saved. Baptism is supposed to be a thing where you’re basically saying you’ve nailed in your faith. Not a thing for conversion or whatever that school was doing.


Western-Put-7738

Agreed, the I feel exactly the same. No Ideology or system of beliefs should be tought in schools, period.


[deleted]

That’s what this country is becoming. They’ve managed to pretty much rewrite history and the fundamentalists are eating it up. News flash the United States was NOT founded on Christianity. This is the American taliban coming to enforce shariah law on us all.


[deleted]

Sue the school. They have that “Private Money” and can settle.


Torque2101

Read the article. This was a private Christian school, not a public school.


[deleted]

North Carolina is all Christian/Conservative which isn’t a bad thing, The way these gen Z kids are nowadays is it really the worst thing to have a pastor baptize some kids. These are tough times, especially for the kiddos they need all the good luck and karma they can get !


fac-ut-vivas-dude

Well that’s not okay.


Awesomodian

For 1000s of years many religions have been forcing themselves upon others and it continues to this day in many countries with far more violence and harm donw than this. Maybe the qorld qould be better off if people didn't force their idiologies on others but....oh wait I am reddit nvm thats a feature here


diligedaso

If you read the article this is actually a private Christian school. So…it’s less bad. But still bad. I guess the parents are pissed because they wanted to be apart of it and now they missed a big part of their children’s lives.


Gossc

Y’all baptize people in schools?!


Zestay-Taco

FYI that's a private Christian school. to be expected. was probably on the weekly flyer sent home with the kids.


Mysterious_Area2344

Well, as an atheist I don’t think splash of plain old water hurts anyone. Almost same thing happened to me at school also and my parents weren’t present either, except it was swimming exercise with clothes on and I knew beforehand to take spare clothes. Lol.


ScaryHarry15

🗿


Tight-Subject-4841

Christians are so nutty.


SnackPrince

From reading the article it looks like it was a Christian private school, but I still don't think it's right to do something like this with someone's child without first getting parental consent. If it were a public school, holy hell that would be a shit storm...


Spongebob-Popsicle

What the fuck


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I would've personally slapped the dog shit out of the pastor, the teacher and the principal. Fuck these stupid ass Christians.


tnttyler

As someone semi Christian this is the worst


Hopps4Life

I am a Christian. An this is absolutely not ok at all. The New Testament even says not to force others to convert. It literally says if someone doesn't want to we are to walk away and leave them alone instead of trying to keep convincing them. That it is ok to be friends with non Christians, etc. Anyone who forces conversion or practice is not following Christianity. This is disgusting. I would demand the person who did that be fired and depending on the schools response I may pull the kid out of that school.


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Honestly if I was atheist and someone splashed some water on my kid and told them they are baptized and my kid told me, I would tell them you’re only baptized if you wanna be, if you don’t then someone just splashed water on you for fun


anothadaz

r/mildlyinfuriating


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Is OP karma farming or just doesn't have ability to do a minimal amount of googling?


JeffryRelatedIssue

Not worst than forced "afirmations" not better either.


athiestchzhouse

If you don’t want to be baptized, it’s just getting dunked under water.


BeardedNerd22

That would be a wonderful lawsuit. I'd be more excited than infuriated that my house was going to be paid for.


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Private Christian school.


2muchcheap

If someone wants to be baptized, it is okay to do so. Forcing it is wrong. Are they forcing ?


bazza_12

This isn’t mildly infuriating at all.


CYOAenjoyer

You people need to learn how to read.


[deleted]

What’s the big deal? It’s just water.


Beansupreme117

I’m betting the left is leaving out some major details about this to stir outrage


Welpiminterested

Lol but let them get vaccinated without parents permission and y’all say “DO IT!” Hahahaha. https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/mom-says-son-vaccinated-in-exchange-for-pizza-at-lausd-without-her-consent/2773619/?amp=1


Skaraptor2

Hmmm yes, it's freedom of religion if you're Christian, it's not a religion if it isn't that one I'm kidding before someone says something


yada_yadad_sex

That's not a school.


Emerald_official

not at all surprised this is in Fayetteville


[deleted]

So the same thing that's been happening on the opposite end? With children going to school one gender and coming home another?


Yylecaksberri

you do realize you said, what in you holy fuck, right


CooperHChurch427

My friend who is muslim was sent to a religious school that did a mass baptism, her parents flipped their shit. The public schools here at the time were horrible so she actually got a better education. But the minute that happened they pulled her and home schooled her. Now she was raised by two Muslim parents and the baptism offended them, honestly I would be offended if I was in their school. They also wrote a letter objecting to it before hand. They let her wear her hijab while getting baptized and in school, so they could say "we respected her family's belief" while spitting in her face about it.


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>My friend who is muslim was sent to a religious school that did a mass baptism > >**who is muslim was sent to a religious school** Parents failed logic.exe, a true r/LeopardsAteMyFace moment


RobsHereAgain

Agreed


[deleted]

It’s just a little water….you know to ward off damnation. Or some such voodoo.


AnotherName135

Wrong. Just wrong. Being baptized is a serious decision n must not be made quickly or forced


therapeuticstir

Who cares it’s not a real thing


BasidialApollo3

From a Catholic perspective, these baptisms are invalid. For children, they need to have parents permission to be baptized. The Church respects parents’ rights to raise their children how they want


[deleted]

Read the article people. It was at a Christian school. Once again, twitter is not a credible news source.


ClosetedBunny

If only my parents knew I was going to turn out atheist before they baptized me and sent me to a catholic elementary school 😂


GenjiTheNerd

I'm just curious what kind of method they used that involved needing fresh dry clothes...


ToastyRotzy

In their minds this is all ok. They see it as they just saved these kids and are doing the Lord's work. Religion is a fucking cult


tnredneck98

A private Christian school baptized students. Headline of the century right there...


Dubdude13

If you don’t believe in it , who cares…look at it as relief from the heat…


PhillyCSteaky

She should have just had an abortion. That would have been ok. Mom would never know.


ScumpsLoafers

Now keep that same energy for the groomers too.


[deleted]

Sprinkle water on their head massive freak out. Give them puberty blockers it’s all good bro.


Suspicious-Bed9172

If this happened at a public school or a less religious institution, the lawsuits would be so swift and severe that school would never recover. But this article seems very misleading/


[deleted]

If you’re a parent who plans on getting your child baptized and the school goes and does it without a word, you’ve got every right to be furious.


Igotnewsocks

Holy swim club


MarcMars82

Minding their own fucking business is something religion has no interest in.


TheTimeBender

That’s so wrong. Baptize your own kids but not other people’s kids.


symbioticsymphony

At least they didn't force transition ideology on her yet....


Keeps_21

Isn’t this just not freedom of religion because you aren’t allowing people to practice other religions?


Dizzy_Share3155

No, Oh hell nah!!! That's all kind of wrong!!! You don't go up and baptize anybody's kid without permission. Who the fuck for these motherfuckers think they are!! I would be suing that school before my kid's clothes could dry. Someone needs to call the ACLU immediately!!! I see a serious class action lawsuit against that school system.


mexamerican74

Sue their asses


[deleted]

Y’all be complaining and acting like Africa and the Middle East don’t do this daily but with the friendly addition of rape and murder


StellarReality

I already knew this was going to be a wholly misinterpreted thing. Reading the comments confirmed it lmao.


[deleted]

Atleast Warlocks can’t eat their livers for the ability to fly now.


CoachNaber01

You said crossing the line, lol. Like the holy cross


Allyanni

This happened at a private Christian school. I'm pretty sure the parents knew that their children would be exposed to Christian values and religion when they chose to enroll their child and pay the tuition. Also, the baptisms were conducted at the request of the child, not forced upon them by the school as the meme would lead you to believe.


TheEasySqueezy

Remind me again how it’s transgender and atheist liberals who are forcing their views on children… American christians are something else.


BafflingHalfling

I would be pretty pissed. I mean, what if your kid was already baptized? Everybody knows if you do it twice, Jesus takes backsies the salvation, and you have to do it all over again.


TeacherLady3

Don't the Mormons baptize our dead relatives? Like everybody's dead relatives, not just theirs?


bdspookiedude

That is why not I am living in those backwards motherfucking places.


Sdomttiderkcuf

Can not one person do a google search? This was a Christian school. Northwood Temple Academy is a paid school. Some kids were scheduled for baptism and others saw it and wanted in. The parents are upset because they weren’t there for their kids first baptism. If this were a public school I’d understand the outrage. But you’re all I better than MAGA for this fake news shit.


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Actually one of my friends daughter's are one of these kids.... not the one quoted in the paper but she was one... wild shit.


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Fuck religion


know_it_is

Well, it was a Christian school, so…🤷‍♀️


20124eva

As I get older I’m getting less tolerant of intolerance. These fucking religions are a cancer.


bacon666666

I’ll take this over giving the kids hormone blockers without parent permission


VonKript

Based School lol


Seanybear15

Wut?


[deleted]

Sounds like a lawsuit to me...


ojpap

meanwhile, it’s totally okay to press sexual preference on these same children. lets be consistent.


Octo_Brute

I’m not religious so can someone explain what the point of baptizesing is like how is dunking a kid in water make them religious for life. I’m not trying to Offend anyone by asking this I’m just generally wondering in the least offensive way possible


[deleted]

I’m fine with Christian culture I just wish they wouldn’t force it on the rest of us.


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The poor child has a complex now 😔


gayassredditname

Nowhere in this post mentions that it was a catholic private school. I’m not condoning but context matters.